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El Diario Vasco

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El Diario Vasco
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Vocento
Founded27 November 1934;89 years ago(1934-11-27)
Political alignmentConservative liberalism
Spanish nationalism
LanguageSpanish
HeadquartersSan Sebastián,Spain
Circulation68,000 (2011)
Websitediariovasco.com

El Diario Vasco(English:The Basque Daily) is a Spanish morningdaily newspaperbased inSan Sebastián,Basque Country.

History and profile[edit]

El Diario Vascowas founded in 1934 by the Sociedad Vascongada de Publicaciones, led by conservative writers such asJuan Ignacio Luca de TenaorRamiro de Maeztu.The paper has its headquarters in San Sebastián.[1]

Following the outbreak of theSpanish Civil Warin 1936,El Diario Vascosupported theNationalist factionand was closed by theRepublican governmentfor two months untilSan Sebastiánwas conquered by the Nationalists. In 1945 the paper was bought by theFalange-controlled holders ofEl Correo Español,which then changed its name from El Pueblo Vasco SA to Bilbao Editorial SA.

El Diario Vascois currently owned byGrupo Vocentowhich also ownsABC,El CorreoandLas Provincias,among the others.[2][3]El Diario Vascohas a neutral political stance.[4]

The paper publishes ten editions throughGuipúzcoaand one for the rest of Spain. In May 2001 itschief financial officerSantiago Oleagawas killed by twoETAmilitants.[5]

Circulation[edit]

The circulation ofEl Diario Vascowas 93,578 copies in 1993.[6][7]Its circulation was 91,391 copies in 2002[2]and 85,514 copies in 2006.[8]The paper had a circulation of 68,000 copies in 2011.[9]

References[edit]

  1. ^Christopher Ross; Bill Richardson; Begoña Sangrador-Vegas (28 October 2013).Contemporary Spain.Routledge. p. 290.ISBN978-1-4441-1699-1.Retrieved21 February2015.
  2. ^abDavid Ward (2004)."A Mapping Study of Media Concentration and Ownership in Ten European Countries"(PDF).Dutch Media Authority.Retrieved19 February2014.
  3. ^"Country Profile: Spain".Institute of Media and Communications Study. Archived fromthe originalon 21 February 2015.Retrieved21 February2015.
  4. ^Jan Mansvelt Beck (2005).Territory and Terror: Conflicting Nationalisms in the Basque Country.New York: Routledge. p. 56. Archived fromthe originalon 22 February 2015.Retrieved22 February2015.
  5. ^ETA kills El Diario Vasco's CFO with seven shots from behind.El País,25 May 2001
  6. ^Edward F. Stanton (1999).Handbook of Spanish Popular Culture.Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 199. Archived fromthe originalon 22 February 2015.Retrieved22 February2015.
  7. ^"The Daily Press".Contenidos.Retrieved19 February2015.
  8. ^José María Magone (2009).Contemporary Spanish Politics.Taylor & Francis. p. 266.ISBN978-0-415-42188-1.Retrieved21 February2015.
  9. ^"El Diario Vasco".Cesanamedia Italy.Archived fromthe originalon 23 February 2015.Retrieved23 February2015.

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